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MILITARY   ORDER   OF  THE  LOYAL   LEGION  OF  THE 
^  UNITED  STATES. 

HEADQUARTERS  COMMANDERY  OF  THE  STATE  OF  CALIFORNIA, 
224  SANSOME  STREET, 

SAN  FRANCISCO,  February  15,  1899. 

Circular  No.   4. } 

Series  of  1899.    > 

Whole  No.  500. ) 

I.  Circular  No.  18,  whole  number  484,  August  18,  1898,  read 
as  follows  :  ** 

"  1.  MEETING  AT  MANILA,  P.  I. 

"It  is  suggested  that  the  Companions  of  the  Order  stationed  at  Manila, 
Philippine  Islands,  celebrate  the  capture  of  that  city  and  the  glorious  conclu- 
sion of  the  war  by  holding  a  meeting  of  the  Military  Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion 
of  the  United  States. 

"2.  With  the  arrival  of  the  U.  S.  transports  'Arizona'  and  *  Scandia,' 
there  will  be  over  sixty  Companions  at  Manila,  of  whom  more  than  half  are 
Companions  of  California.  It  would  therefore  seem  proper  for  them  to  take 
the  initiative  in  the  matter. 


Total  Companions  in  Manila  .........................  .  .  61 

Companions  of  California  .............................  31 

Companions  transferred  from  California  .................   7 

Without  doubt  there  are  other  Companions  at  Manila. 
3.     Brigadier  General   Thomas  M.   Anderson,  U.  S.   Vols.,  Colonel  14th 
U.    S.    Infantry,    an   ex-Companion   of  California,    and  Past  Commander  of 
Ureyon,  is  requested  to  call  together  the  Companions." 
*****  **'**** 

II.  In  conformity  with  said  circular  a  meeting  of  Companions 
of  the   Loyal   Legion   was  held  at  Manila,  Philippine  Islands,  on 
Monday   evening,    November    28,    189$    at    "  Lala   Ary's  English 
Hotel." 

III.  The   menu  was  beautifully  got  up.     The  U.  S.  Coat  of 
Arms  at  top  and  (M.  O.  L.  L.  U.  S.,  1861  1898)  b'elow,  were  follbwe* 
b: 


7^  "7  /  "7 


Oysters 
Consomme 
Fillit  of  sole,  sauce  tartare 

Pounnes  Duchesse. 
Tenderloin  of  beef,  financiare 
Green  peas. 


Amontillado. 

Julien. 

Haut  sauterne. 

St.  Julien. 


Roman  punch. 

.Stuffed  young  turkey  aux  truffes  Mumin's  extra  dry. 

Asparagus  en  beurre. 

Shrimp  mayonaise. 

Vanilla  ice  cream. 

Nuts,  cakes,  fruit. 

Edan  cheese,  hard  tack. 

American  cigarettes,  Liqueurs,  cigars,  Manila  cigarrittos. 

IV.  On  the  third  page  was  a  list  of  Companions  present,  and  on 
the  fourth  page  was  an  excellent  picture  of  the  U.  S.  S.  "  Olympia." 
The  card  was  a  credit  to  the  artists  of  Manila. 

V.  Following  is  a  list  of  those  present  : 

NAME.  COMMANDERY. 

Admiral  Geo.  Dewey,  U.  S.  N Vermont 

Maj.  Gen.  Thos.  M.  Anderson,  U.  S.  V Oregon 

Maj.  Gen.  Arthur  MacArthur,  U.  S.  V Wisconsin 

Brig.  Gen.  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  U.  S.  V California 

Brig.  Gen.  Sam  Ovenshine,  U.  S.  V Illinois 

Brig.  Gen.  C.  McC.  Reeve,  U.  S.  V Minnesota 

Capt.  R.  F.  Bates,  18th  Inf , Minnesota 

Pay  Ins.  Ed.  Bellows,  U.  S.  N California 

Capt.  W.  E.  Birkimer,  3d  Art California 

Lieut.  Walter  J.  Bradshaw,  1st  Mont Indiana 

Paymr.  Clerk  B.  H.  Bowley,  U.  S.  V California 

Capt.  J.  B.  Coghlan,  U.  S.  N California 

Capt.  C,  A.  Devol,  A.  Q.  M.  U.  S.  A Kansas 

Capt.  N.  M.  Dyer,  U.  S.  N 

Maj.  P.  G.  Eastwick,  Jr.,  2d  Oregon ,...-, ., Oregon 

Capt.  Lea  Febiger,  23d  Inf California 

Lieut.  Robert  Field,  14th  Inf  . , California 

Major  R.  H.  Fitzhugh,  A.  C.  S.,  U.  S.  V 

Chief  Eng.  J.  D.  Ford,  U.  S.  N California 

Lt.  Col.  Jno.  W.  French,  23d  Inf California 

Maj.  G,  A.  Goodale,  23d  Inf California 

Capt.  C.  W.  Hobbs,  3d  Art California 

Lieut.  Chas.  E.  Hooper,  1st  Colo Colorado 

Chief  Eng.  Rich.  Inch,  U.  S.  A 

Lieut.  Rhees  Jackson,  2d  Oregon California 

Lieut.  Jas.  R.  Kemper,  14th  Inf Ohio 

Lieut.  F.  W.  Kellogg,  U.  S.  N California 

Col.  Harry  C.  Kessler,  1st  Montana California 

Capt.  Amos  W.  Kimball,  A.  Q.  M.  U.  S.  V , California 

Major  W.  A.  Kobbe,  3d  Art California 

Capt.  W.  P.  Lamberton,  U.  S.  N District  of  Columbia 

Lt.  Col.  Henry  Lippincott,  Med.  Dept.  U.  S.  V California 

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Capt.  Leon  A.  Matile,  14th  Inf , California 

Major  Chas.  McClure,  Chief  Paymr.  U.  S.  A Ohio 

Capt.  John  Murphy,  14th  Inf Oregon 

Capt.  Stephen  O'Connor,  23d  Inf Illinois 

Major  Geo.  H.  Penrose,  Med.  Dept.  U.  S.  V 

Major  Carroll  H.  Potter,  14th  Inf California 

Lieut.  C.  P.  Rees,  U.  S.  N 

Major  L.  H.  Rucker,  4th  Cav Missouri 

Capt.  C.  G.  Sawtelle,  Jr.,  A.  Q.  M.  U.  S.  V Pennsylvania 

Lieut.  T.  F.  Schley,  23d  Inf Kansas 

Major  W.  B.  Schofield,  Addl.  Paymr California 

Lieut.  Fred  W.  Sladen,   4th  Inf Oregon 

Pay  Ins.  D.  A.  Smith,  U.  S.  N California 

Major  Theo.  Sternberg,  Ad.  Paymr California 

Lieut.  I.  R.  M.  Taylor,  23d  Inf , Eligible 

Col.  D.  D.  Van  Vatzah,  18th  Inf Minnesota 

Capt.  Chas.  C.  Walcutt,  Jr.,  A.  Q.  M.  U.  S.  V Ohio 

Capt.  W.  H.  Whiting,  U.  S.  N California 

Lieut.  Wm.  Winder,  U.  S.  N California 

Guests— Hon.  0.  F.  Williams,  U.  S.  Consul;  W.  F.  Bass,  O.  K.  Davis,  J. 
M.  Knapp.  J.  F.  McCutcheon. 

VI,  The  following   named  Companions    in    Manila   were,  by 
sickness  or  exigencies  of  the  service,  deprived  of  the  privileges  of 
being  present : 

NAME.  COMMANDERY. 

Brig.  Gen.  Chas.  King,  U.  S.  V.    . Wisconsin 

Col.  A.  L.  Hawkins,  10th  Penn ^Pennsylvania 

Col.  A.  Wettstein,  103d  New  York California 

Major  C.  R.  Paul,  18th  Inf California 

Lieut.  C.  S.  Babcock,  1st  Art •. California 

Lieut.  H.  M.  Boutelle,  3rd  Art , California 

Lieut.  J.  S.  Parker,  4th  Cav California 

Pvt.  I.  McD.  Hoyt,  1st  Colo California 

Pvt.  E.  H.  Gallagher,  Hosp.  Corps California 

Capt.  Henry  Glass,  U.  S.  A California 

Brig.  Gen.  R.  P.  Hughes,  U.  S.  V New  York 

Lt.  Col.  C.  F.  Robe,  14th  Inf California 

Capt.  R.  K.  McGregor,  1st  S.  Dak California 

Capt.  N.  T.  Messer,  A.  C.  S.  U.  S.  V California 

Pvt.  A.  H.  Anderson,  10th  Penn California 

Lieut.  T.  M.  Anderson,  13th  Inf California 

Lieut.  W.  A.  Lieber,  23d  Inf California 

Lieut.  F.  W.  Kobbe,  23d  Inf California 

Capt.  A.  C.  Gillem,  1st  Tenn California 

Lieut.  G.  L.  Goodale,  23d  Inf California 

Lieut.  H.  M.  Merriarn,  3d  Art Eligible 

VII.  The  programme  was  as  follows  : 

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TOASTS. 
Our  Country. 

Major  General  Thomas  M.  Anderson,  U.  S.  V.,  presiding. 
Song,  "America." 

The  President  of  the  United  States. 

Brig.  Gen.  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  U.  S.  V. 

Song,  "  Star  Spangled  Banner." 

Dewey  and  His  Fleet. 

Captain  Henry  Glass,  U.  S.  Navy. 

Song,  "Columbia." 

A  Nation's  Birth, 

Brig.  Gen.  C.  McC.  Reeve,  U.  S.  V. 
Song,  "Columbia." 

Our  Volunteers. 

Col.  A.  L.  Hawkins,  10th  Penn.  Inf. 
Song,  "  Marching  Through  Georgia. 

The  Army. 

Brig.  Gen.  Charles  King,  U.  S.  V. 
Song,  "  Benny  Havens,  Oh  !  " 

The  Navy. 

Capt.  J.  B.  Coghlan,  U.  S.  N. 
Song,  "Don't  You  Forget  We  Have  a  Navy." 

The  Loyal  Ley  ion. 

Major  Gen.  Arthur  MacArthur,  U.  S.  A. 
Song,  "The  Loyal  Legionrer." 

The  California,  Commandery  and  its  Recorder,  reponse  by  all. 

Song,  "For  He's  a  Jolly  Good  Fellow." 

Finis,  "  Auld  Lang  Syne." 

VIII.  The  following  report  of  the  proceedings,  forwarded  from 
Manila,  is  published  for  the  information  of  Companions  of  the 

Order  : 

MANILA,  PHILIPPINE  ISLANDS,  Nov.  29,  1899. 

Carrying  out  a  suggestion  of  the  California  Commandery,  the 
Companions  of  the  Legion  in  Manila  and  vicinity  held  a  banquet  in 
the  city  of  Manila  on  the  evening  of  November  28,  1898. 

Fifty  Companions  were  present,  and  the  important  historical 
event,  the  capture  of  Manila,  was  enthusiastically  and  appropriately 
celebrated. 

The  reunion  was  delayed  because  Major  General  Anderson,  the 
senior  ex-Commander,  was  stationed  at  Cavite  at  the  time  the  circu- 
lar of  the  California  Commandery  was  received  in  Manila. 

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As  soon,  however,  as  General  Anderson  resumed  station  at 
Manila  he  appointed  Companions  P.  G.  Eastwick,  of  the  Oregon, 
Captain  C.  C.  Walcutt,  of  the  "  Ohio,"  Captain  C.  G.  Sawtelle,  of  the 
Pennsylvania  and  Lieutenant  C.  E.  Hooper,  of  the  Colorado  Com- 
manderies,  as  a  banquet  committee,  all  Companions  of  the  second 
class,  who,  by  their  energy  and  good  taste,  organized  and  carried 
through  a  most  delightful  and  successful  banquet. 

At  a  preliminary  meeting  Rear  Admiral  George  Dewey  was 
invited  to  preside.  Answering,  he  expressed  his  thanks  for  the 
honor  conferred  and  his  interest  in  our  project,  but  begged  to  be  ex- 
cused from  presiding.  General  Anderson  was  then  asked  to  preside 
and  act  as  toast  master  on  the  occasion. 

A  satisfactory  hall  was  found  and  beautifully  ornamented  with 
flags  and  foliage  plants  and  military  symbols.  The  tables  were  bril- 
liant with  tropical  flowers.  The  menu  was  excellent,  and  wine  not 
wanting  for  the  toasts  or  libations.  Rear  Admiral  Dewey  sat  at  the 
right  of  the  presiding  officer,  but  "  where  McGregor  was,  there  was 
the  head  of  the  table."  Major  General  Arthur  MacArthur  sat  on  the 
left,  and  then,  alternately,  the  ranking  officers  of  the  army  and  navy, 
the  naval  heroes  in  white,  and  the  army  veterans  generally  in  blue. 
Nearly  all  wore  our  insignia.  After  the  creature  comforts  had  been 
disposed  of  there  followed  the  flow  of  soul,  if  not  the  proverbial 
feast  of  reason.  As  some  one  quoted  : 

"Hands  that  the  rod  of  Empire  might  have  swayed,  close  at  my  elbow, 
stir  the  lemonade." 

But  the  lemonade  votaries  were  in  a  small,  but  respectable 
minority. 

After  the  menu,  General  Anderson  rose  and  said  : 

COMPANIONS  AND  WARRIORS  :  Aloha  !  I  will  not  presume  to  welcome  you, 
for  we  are  here  to  welcome  each  other,  without  distinction  of  rank,  service  or 
previous  condition  of  priority. 

I  appreciate  the  honor  of  acting  as  Master  of  Revels  in  this  first  meeting 
of  American  Argonauts  in  these  islands  of  the  Hesperides,  where  we  have 
come  not  to  gather  apples  of  gold  or  to  shear  the  golden  fleece,  but  to  conquer 
the  dragon  of  oppression,  to  annex  the  Southern  cross,  and  to  plant  the  tree  of 
liberty  where  it  should  grow,  between  the  tree  of  knowledge  and  the  tree  of 
life  in  this  paradise  of  the  Pacific. 

This  is  not  the  Fourth  of  July,  but  as  we  did  not  celebrate  the  last  Fourth 
in  Manila,  this  is  given  as  a  lay  over  sentiment.  It  is  our  good  fortune  to 
have  formed  a  part  of  the  first  army  our  country  has  sent  abroad  on  a  crusade 
of  justice  and  right. 

It  is  a  pleasure  to  see  so  many  of  the  "  Boys  of  '61  ''  here  to-night ;  and 
we  see  with  pride  and  satisfaction  that  the  same  spirit  animates  our  sons.  Had 


not  our  members  of  the  Second  Class  been  with  us  in  this  war  we  would  have 
despaired  of  the  Republic. 

Continuing,  he  said  that  so  many  companions  had  begged  to  be 
excused  from  speaking,  emulating  the  excellence  of  Washington, 
whose  modesty  had  been  pronounced  as  equal  to  his  merit,  that  he 
was  compelled  to  answer  the  first  toast  himself : 

"OuR  COUNTRY." 

Not  this  Ultima  Thule  of  Freedom,  but  our  dear  Mother  Land  beyond  the 
sea.  Our  Country  ;  God's  Country  !  Dear  to  us  by  the  graves  of  .our  fathers  ; 
the  homes  of  our  loved  ones.  The  first  and  only  true  Republic  ;  the  refuge  of 
the  oppressed,  the  hope  of  the  world.  Land  of  Decatur  and  Farragut,  Grant 
and  Thomas,  Washington  and  Lincoln.  Soldiers  of  the  sea  and  laud,  we  may 
well  be  proud  of  the  military  record  of  our  country  ;  but  as  citizens  we  have 
greater  reason  to  be  proud  of  moral  example  and  civil  triumphs.  We  were 
the  first  to  abolish  kingly  rule  and  class  privilege  ;  the  first  to  abolish  torture 
in  judicial  process  ;  the  first  to  establish  manhood  suffrage  ;  to  give  women 
equal  property  rights.  But  the  jewels  in  our  crown  are  :  Free  speech,  free 
press,  free  schools,  free  laws,  free  conscience. 

The  next  toast  was  : 

"THE  PRESIDENT  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES." 
General  Anderson,  in  proposing  it,  said  : 

When  Rome  was  a  Republic,  the  proudest  title  was  "  Civis  Romanu*  Sum." 
Our  proudest  title  is,  that  of  American  citizenship.  But  the  supreme  honor 
on  earth  is  held  by  our  uncrowned  sovereign,  throned  on  justice  and  right  and 
sceptred  with  the  loyalty  and  fidelity  of  a  free  people — the  Commander-in- 
Chief  of  the  Grand  Armies  of  the  Republic.  The  High  Admiral  of  Freedom's 
Fleet,  one  of  our  companions,  holds  the  honor  now  and  sheds  honor  upon 
honor's  head — and  who  knows  but  that  other  companions  may  succeed  to  his 
high  office.  (Applause.)  Over  seven  thousand  miles  of  sea  and  a  thousand 
leagues  of  land  we  pledge  The  President  !  Our  President !  God  help  the  office 
and  the  man. 

Companion  and  Brigadier-General  Harrison  Gray  Otis,  of  Cali- 
fornia, responded  as  follows  : 

COMPANIONS,  SOLDIERS,  GENTLEMEN  :  It  is  and  ever  has  been  the  great 
glory  of  the  Army  and  Navy  of  the  United  States  that  they  have  stood  fast  as 
the  strong  arms  and  the  sure  defense  of  the  Republic  in  times  of  danger. 
Whenever  liberty  has  been  assailed  in  the  home  of  her  birth,  these  allied 
powers  have  willingly,  yea  !  eagerly,  at  the  signal  of  the  Commander-in-Chief, 
the  President  of  the  United  States,  arrayed  themselves  in  a  solid  cordon  in 
her  forefront,  ready  to  shield  with  their  whole  united  force  her  pure  and 
precious  breast,  and  defend  with  their  blood  her  priceless  life.  Whenever  the 
assault  has  come  from  a  foreign  enemy,  our  serried  ranks  have  faced  outward 
to  meet  it ;  whenever  from  within,  they  have  promptly  turned  and  faced  the 
internecine  foe. 

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It  is  the  high  mission  of  our  soldiers  and  sailors,  springing  from  the  loins  , 
of  the  people,  to  defend  the  laws  and  the  liberties  of  the  people.     The  army 
and  the  navy  are  direct  creations  of  our  republican  system  of  government ; 
not  an  outgrowth  of  despotism,  never  a  menace  to  public  liberty  or  private 
rights,  but  ever  strongly  intrenched  in  the  hearts  of  their  grateful  countrymen. 

These  allied  powers  move  in  obedience  to  the  edicts  of  the  Nation's  Con- 
gress, obeying  the  commands  of  the  President,  who  is  the  direct  and  chosen 
exponent  of  "the  will  of  the  people,"  which,  in  the  happy  language  of  a  great 
soldier  whose  glorious  memory  we  all  revere,  "  is  the  law  of  the  land." 

That  citizen  who  occupies  the  most  enviable  position  as  a  ruler  among  the 
nations  of  the  earth  is  the  President  of  the  United  States,  because  he  is  chosen 
by  and  from  the  people  in  a  land  which,  thank  God!  has  demonstrated  the 
capacity  of  man  for  self-government,  that  magnificent  human  achievement 
which  for  so  many  weary  centuries  was  the  aspiration  and  the  dream  of 
liberty-lovers  throughout  ages  of  despotism.  And  thus  this  blessed  land  of 
ours  has  made  itself,  let  us  hope,  the  chief  refuge  of  liberty  for  evermore. 

When  the  army  and  the  navy  obey  the  behest  of  the  President,  himself 
pursuing  the  sure  pathway  blazed  out  by  the  lawmakers  of  the  nation,  they 
are  doing  the  will  of  70,000,000  of  freemen  ;  they  are  drawing  the  sword  of  a 
great  and  a  puissant  power. 

It  is  a  beneficent  feature  of  our  republican  system  that  the  people,  having 
met  together  under  the  forms  of  law  to  choose  their  President,  must  first 
stand  pledged,  as  good  citizens,  to  abide  by  the  result  of  the  popular  election, 
no  matter  who  may  be  chosen.  Once  chosen,  the  President  is  the  President 
of  the  whole  people  ;  and  it  is  to  the  everlasting  honor  of  the  army  and  navy 
that  they  stand  abreast  with  the  foremost  patriots  of  the  land  in  loyally  recog- 
nizing that  powerful  safeguard  of  liberty,  Jaw  and  public  order. 

And  thus  it  happily  comes  about  that  the  President  of  the  United  States, 
no  matter  by  what  political  party  he  may  have  been  elected,  has  at  last  come 
to  be  looked  upon  throughout  the  whole  land,  from  the  pines  of  the  rugged 
New  England  coast  to  the  palmettos  of  the  Southern  Atlantic  shore  and  to  the 
palms  of  the  Pacific,  as  the  lawfully  chosen  head  of  the  nation  for  the  time 
being,  to  be  respected  and  honored  accordingly  ;  and  it  is  to  the  high  credit  of 
the  officers  and  soldiers,  both  regular  and  volunteer,  who  have  served,  or  who 
are  now  serving,  under  the  banners  and  beneath  the  eagles  of  the  Republic, 
that  they  have  held  themselves  ever  ready  to  draw  sword  in  the  noble  task  of 
upholding  this  great  basic  principle  of  our  republican  system.  So  that,  when 
we  do  honor  to  the  office  of  the  President,  we  pay  that  sincere  and  respectful 
deference  which  is  due  to  Vox  Populi ;  we  make  our  obeisance  to  the  all- 
compelling  popular  verdict. 

Companions,  it  is  a  grateful  task,  here  and  in  this  presence,  to  speak  per- 
sonally of  the  incumbent  of  the  highest  office  in  the  land  or  in  the  wide  world. 
It  is  not  strange  that  the  illustrious  citizen  who  to-day  stands  as  the  civic  and 
military  head  of  the  nation  enjoys  so  deep  a  hold  upon  the  popular  heart ;  for 
William  McKinley  is  a  man  and  a  patriot,  a  soldier  and  a  statesman.  His 
career  is  a  graphic  illustration  of  the  possibilities  of  citizenship  under  the 
Republic.  He  sprang  from  that  class  which  we  are  proud  to  call  "  the  average 
good  citizenship  "  of  our  country.  He  began  at  the  foot  of  the  ladder,  and 
slowly,  steadily  made  his  way  up  to  and  upon  its  highest  rung,  through  his 
own  efforts,  aided  by  a  sterling  father  and  a  pious  mother. 

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When,  as  a  boy,  he  was  pursuing  his  education  and  thirstily  seeking  for 
knowledge,  a  great  war  broke,  with  startling  crash,  upon  our  then  unhappy 
Union.  Putting  aside  all  else,  the  boy  offered  himself  as  a  soldier  and  marched 
away  with  his  comrades  of  the  Buckeye  State  to  the  imminent  field  of  hostili- 
ties. For  more  than  four  years  he  did  his  whole  duty  under  arms,  with 
supreme  devotion  and  conspicuous  gallantry,  fighting  on  many  a  field  where 
the  rough  edge  of  battle  grated  harshly  against  the  opposing  lines  of  the 
nation's  adversaries.  At  Antietam,  with  marvelous  self  possession  and  excep- 
tional thoughtfulness  for  a  boy  of  eighteen,  he  achieved  a  unique  feat.  In  the 
midst  of  that  mighty  conflict,  as  it  raged  on  the  left  of  the  line,  late  in  the 
afternoon  of  that  uncertain  day,  while  his  regiment,  the  Twenty-third  Ohio, 
was  upon  the  firing  line,  protecting  the  famous  Burnside  Bridge,  Commissary 
Sergeant  McKinley  made  his  way  to  the  supply  train  in  the  rear,  procured 
food  supplies  for  the  men  of  his  brigade,  caused  them  to  be  cooked  and  sent 
across  the  bridge  to  the  front,  where  he  himself  personally  superintended  the 
distribution  of  the  hot  rations  to  the  hungry  men  in  line,  directly  under  the 
enemy's  fire.  This  is  no  long-distance  fable — no  pretty  campaign  fiction— -it  is 
a  historic  fact,  and  I  myself  am  a  personal  witness  to  the  truthfulness  of  an 
incident  unique  in  the  history  of  warfare. 

You  know  his  distinguished  civil  career  ;  how,  returning  as  a  man  from 
the  war  into  which  he  had  eagerly  gone  as  a  boy,  he  took  up  the  study  of  the 
law  ;  how  he  was  chosen,  while  still  a  very  young  man,  by  the  suffrages  of  his 
fellow-citizens  to  a  local  office  ;  how  he  served  for  fourteen  years  in  Congress  ; 
how,  later,  he  was  twice  elected  Governor  of  Ohio,  that  famous  State  of 
famous  men,  and  how,  finally,  he  became  the  Chief  Magistrate  of  this  mighty 
nation  of  freemen. 

A  man  of  tried  patriotism,  of  exalted  principles,  of  pure  life,  of  large 
heart  and  brain,  and  of  conspicuous  devotion  to  the  public  welfare,  he  is  justly 
entitled  to  a  position  with  the  foremost  in  the  long  list  of  great  Presidents 
who  have  gone  before.  He  possesses  a  patience  that  is  inexhaustible  ;  a  faith 
that  is  sublime  ;  a  conception  of  the  needs  of  his  country  that  is  as  broad  as 
the  confines  of  the  Republic.  He  carries  the  heavy  burdens  of  his  office  with 
an  endurance  that  is  marvelous.  When  a  foreign  war  that  he  deplored,  and 
would  gladly  have  averted — the  second  great  conflict  of  arms  in  his  country 
and  time — came  inevitably  upon  the  land,  he  hesitated  no  longer,  for  the  honor 
of  his  country  and  the  rights  of  humanity  were  at  stake,  and  the  nation's  sword 
had  to  be  drawn  to  vindicate  them. 

He  has  displayed  supreme  wisdom,  skill  and  Statecraft.  He  has  restrained 
the  too  impetuous,  spurred  forward  the  laggard,  encouraged  the  weak,  and 
disarmed  the  hostile  by  the  high  patriotism  and  supreme  unselfishness  of  his 
public  course.  He  has  never  yielded  to  the  clamor  of  the  hour,  never  followed 
the  dictates  of  a  mere  temporary  expediency.  He  has  not  permitted  himself 
to  be  swayed  by  elusive  popular  applaise,  nor  has  he  departed  from  the  strict 
line  of  duty,  as  he  saw  it,  under  the  pressure  of  partisan  threats. 

The  President,  being  himself  a  soldier,  is  able  to  understand  and  appreciate 
the  army  and  navy  of  his  country.  He  knows  not  only  how  to  estimate  the 
value  of  the  great  services  of  the  chosen  commanders  of  her  fleets  and  her 
armies,  but  to  sympathize  with  "the  man  behind  the  gun,"  the  "  Jackie  "  on 
shipboard,  as  well  as  the  soldier  in  the  trench,  in  camp  and  in  bivouac  ;  for  he 
has  been  there  himself. 

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President  McKinley  has,  in  brief,  shown  himself  to  be  worthy  of  his  high 
trust  and  a  fit  incumbent  of  the  first  office  of  the  Republic.  Long  life  to  him  ! 
Happy  is  the  land  that  has  such  a  government  and  such  a  ruler  ! 

Companions,  come  what  may,  we  will  never  despair  of  the  Republic.  Let 
us  swear  again  to  hold  up  the  hands  of  the  President ;  let  us  dedicate  ourselves 
anew,  both  as  soldiers  and  citizens,  to  the  indispensable  work  of  defending  the 
Union,  enforcing  the  lawa,  and  maintaining  the  integrity  of  these  United  States 
of  America  ;  and  with  these  great  ends  achieved,  we  may  well  hope  that  the 
very  stars  in  their  courses  will  fight  for  the  Great  Republic,  and  immortal 
Destiny  claim  her  for  its  very  own  ! 

General  Anderson  then  announced  the  next  toast  : 
"  DEWEY  AND  HIS  FLEET." 

When  we  read  Mahan's  "Sea  Power,"  we  little  thought  how  soon  the 
achievements  of  one  of  our  companions  would  illustrate  his.theories.  As  the 
guns  of  Sumter  awakened  the  nation  from  apathy  to  action,  so  the  guns  of 
Manila  bay  were  the  morning  guns  of  a  new  era.  They  sounded  the  death 
knell  of  monarchical  assumption  of  universal  sovereignty.  They  proclaimed 
that  the  Star  of  Empire  still  held  its  westward  way  and  that  the  Pacific  ocean 
would-  soon  become  an  American  lake.  Here's  to  the  brain  that  conceived  and 
the  hearts  of  oak  and  ready  hands  which  won  the  victory.  [Applause.] 

Admiral  Dewey  arose  and  thanked  the  chairman  for  his  kind 
words,  the  companions  for  their  welcome,  and  asked  that  Captain 
Whiting  of  the  Monadnock  might  read  a  reply  prepared  by  Captain 
Glass,  who  was  prevented  by  illness  from  being  present. 

Captain  Whiting  then  read  the  following  :  .     ^aneio 

"DEWEY  AND  HIS  FLEET." 

COMMANDER  AND  COMPANIONS  OF  THE  LOYAL  LEGION  :  It  is  with  great 
pleasure  that  I  attempt  to  respond  to  the  toast  we  have  just  drank,  but  I  must 
say  that  the  pleasure  is  largely  dashed  with  fear  of  my  want  of  ability  to  do 
justice  to  the  sentiment,  inspiring  as  it  is ;  but  any  oue^night  well  hesitate  as 
to  his  ability  to  speak  in  fitting  terms  of  the  achievements  of  Dewey  and  his 
fleet  in  Manila  Bay,  achievements  of  such  vast  importance  to  our  country  at 
the  present  time  and  in  the  future,  destined  to  influence  the  history  not  only 
of  the  whole  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race,  but  of  civilization  itself. 

It  was  not  my  good  fortune  to  follow  the  Admiral's  flag  into  action  on  May 
1st,  but  on  that  account,  and  from  the  study  I  have  been  able  to  make  of  the 
operations  of  the  squadron,  before  and  after  the  action,  while  events  are  still 
fresh  in  the  minds  of  the  principal  actors,  I  may  be  permitted  to  speak  more 
freely  than  others  would  feel  at  liberty  to  do,  and  if  I  seem  to  become  too 
personal  in  what  I  have  to  say,  I  beg  that  you  will  consider  that -for  a  few 
brief  moments  only  I  am  attempting  the  role  of  the  muse  of  history,  and  put- 
ting before  you  a  hasty  sketch  of  a  brilliant  chapter  in  our  naval  anmils  that 
will  in  future  tax  the  pen  of  a  Mahan  or  Napier  when  it  is  endeavored  to  com- 
mit to  the  serious  pages  of  history  deeds  that  will  delight  and  encourage  men 
as  long  as  they  reverence  daring  and  devotion  to  duty  ;  the  watchwords  of  the, 
services  to  which  our  lives  are  pledged. 

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When  the  war  with  Spain  was  declared,  Commodore  Dewey  found  himself 
in  Hongkong  in  command  of  a  squadron  composed  of  six  cruisers,  one  only 
being  of  the  first  rate,  and  a  dispatch  boat,  and  received  orders  to  capture  or 
destroy  the  Spanish  force  in  these  waters  ;  a  somewhat  vague  order,  but 
fortunately  comprehensive  enough  in  its  terms.  Think  for  a  moment  of  the 
conditions ;  with  the  force  named  the  Commodore  was  to  search  for  and  attack 
a  Spanish  squadron  superior  in  number,  with  every  advantage  of  position, 
having  a  base  of  supplies  and  an  arsenal  for  repairs,  while  he  was  seven 
thousand  miles  from  a  home  port,  knew  that  for  months  no  increase  of  his 
force  was  possible,  and  with  no  means  of  making  needed  repairs  or  place  of 
shelter  for  disabled  ships. 

But  the  plan  had  already  been  matured  in  his  mind,  and  he  was  ready  to 
carry  it  out  with  a  dash  and  cool  determination  that  made  failure,  or  even  a 
half  success,  impossible. 

Delaying  only  four  days  for  needed  repairs  that  had  to  be  made  on  board 
the  ships  themselves,  the  squadron  sailed  for  Manila,  and  so  well  had  every 
condition  been  studied  that  the  Commodore  was  able  to  fix  practically  the 
hour  at  which  he  would  make  the  attack  he  had  determined  upon.  Entering 
the  bay  at  night,  with  no  lights  to  guide  them,  even  the  charts  upon  which 
seamen  are  taught  to  rely  being  untrustworthy,  the  squadron  passed  heavy 
batteries  and  crossed  lines  of  torpedo  defense  as  coolly  as  if  entering  a  friendly 
harbor,  and  Dewey  and  his  fleet  were  in  a  trap  from  which  it  had  been  boasted 
they  could  not  escape. 

But  the  idea  of  escape,  or  retreat,  had  never  occurred  to  a  man  or  officer  in 
the  squadron  ;  the  feeling  of  trust  in  their  leader  animating  all  hands  was  that 
expressed  by  Anthony  Wayne  to  another  great  American,  when  he  said  at 
Stony  Point,  "I  will  storm  hellif  you  will  plan  it."  The  ships  had  come  to 
stay. 

Waiting  for  daylight,  and  passing  under  the  fire  of  the  guns  lining  the 
walls  of  Manila,  without  deigning  to  reply,  Dewey  steered  straight  for  the 
flag  of  the  enemy  at  Cavite,  to  encounter  a  force  greater  in  number  than  his 
own  and  fully  prepared  and  supported  by  well  placed  shore  batteries,  and  one 
of  the  world's  greatest  naval  battles  commenced.  The  story  of  the  battle  has 
been  so  often  and  so  well  told  that  we  need  not  at  this  time  recall  any  incident 
of  the  brilliant  victory  achieved,  but  the  results  of  these  few  Sunday  morning 
hours  are  even  now  almost  beyond  belief,  familiar  as  they  have  become  to  us. 
Without  the  loss  of  a  single  life,  and  with  ships  as  ready  for  action  as  when 
the  first  shot  was  fired,  not  a  single  Spanish  flag  was  to  be  seen  afloat  in  the 
waters  of  Manila  Bay.  The  power  of  Spain  had  been  broken  and  a  new  em- 
pire added  to  our  country  and  to  civilization. 

Our  people,  ever  ready  to  applaud  gallantry,  made  of  Dewey  and  his  cap- 
tains the  heroes  of  the  day,  and  rewards,  all  too  small  as  yet  for  what  they 
had  accomplished,  were  bestowed  upon  them.  But  the  smoke  of  battle  clear- 
ing away,  the  thunder  of  the  guns  becoming  silent,  few  could  appreciate  the 
enormous  responsibility  resting  upon  the  successful  leader,  whose  task  it  now 
was  to  secure  permanently  the  fruits  of  the  victory  and  to  see  that  the  inter- 
ests of  our  country  took  no  harm. 

Then  commenced  for  the  Commander  in  Chief  and  all  under  his  command 
a  period  of  months  of  anxious  waiting,  through  days  and  weary  nights  of 

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watching  and  exposure,  that  would  have  tried  the  nerves  and  resolution  of 
any  men  that  ever  lived.  And  through  it  all  Dewey  was  cool  and  patient, 
holding  Manila  in  a  grasp  that  never  relaxed,  and  exacting  with  stern  resolu- 
tion the  respect  due  his  country  and  its  flag.  In  all  things  he  was  supported 
loyally  and  ably  by  his  captains — ever  ready  for  any  duty  or  exposure  without 
hesitation  or  question— his  subordinates,  but  at  the  same  time  his  trusted 
friends  and  companions  in  arms. 

Knowing  that  he  had  only  to  demand  and  receive  the  surrender  of  Manila 
at  any  time,  but  not  having  a  force  present  that  could  insure  order  in  a  cap- 
tured city  of  three  hundred  thousand  inhabitants,  the  Admiral  resisted  the 
ever  present  temptation,  and  thus  was  prevented  a  scene  of  bloodshed  ami 
plunder  that  would  have  been  an  eternal  disgrace  to  our  flag.  But  when  at 
last  troops  had  arrived,  and  all  preparations  made,  Manila  became  ours  on 
August  13th,  after  a  resistance  so  slight  as  scarcely  to  deserve  the  name. 

As  long  as  men  love  courage,  and  reverence  high  devotion  to  duty,  DEWEY 
and  the  fleet  at  Manila  will  be  words  to  arouse  patriotic  fervor  and  to  nerve 
every  American  to  deeds  of  heroic  daring. 

General  Anderson  then  announced  the  toast, 

"A  NATION'S  BIRTH." 

We  have  tried  to  bring  this  about  by  a  Caesarian  operation.  Years  from 
now  it  may  be  written  in  history  that  a  great  island  empire  owed  its  origin 
and  independence  to  some  strange  uncouth  sailors  and  soldiers  from  a  distant 
land. 

"  Who  can  look  into  the  womb  of  time  an^tell  which  will  grow  and  which 
will  not."  But  the  seeds  planted  here  will  grow,  and  may  the  sunshine  of 
prosperity  ripen  the  fruit. 

In  reply  General  Reeve,  of  the  Minnesota  Commandery,  quoted 
Mark  Twain's  remark  : 

That,  "while  George  Washington  could  not  tell  a  lie,  Mark  could, 
but  wouldn't."  General  Reeve  both  could  and  would  (laughter),  for  he 
had  solemnly  assured  the  Toastmasfcer  he  would  not  make  a  speech,  and  yet 
here  he  was  making  one.  There  seemed  to  be  a  great  moral  triangle,  of  which 
truth  was  the  base,  George  Washington  who  couLln't  tell  a  lie  was  one  side, 
Mark  Twain  who  wouldn't  lie  was  the  other  side,  and  General  Reeve  who 
would,  could,  and  did,  was  the  apex  !  (Laughter.)  He  was  in  some  doubt  as 
to  the  meaning  of  the  toast,  "A  Nation's  Birth,"  for  if  it  had  been  "berth  " 
it  might  refer  to  the  accommodation  on  the  troopship  coming  to  Manila. 
(Laughter.)  If  it  referred,  as  General  Anderson  suggested,  to  the  doings  of 
the  American  army  and  navy  in  the  Philippines,  the  toast  would  be  more 
fittingly  treated  by  one  of  the  physicians,  because,  so  far  as  could  be  known 
by  the  Police  Department  (with  which  General  Reeve  is  connected)  there 
might  very  probably  be  a  new  nation  born  here  before  very  long.  (Laughter.) 
One  of  the  companions  of  the  League  said  he  "didn't  think  much  of  A  country 
where  the  women's  legs  were  the  same  size  all  the  way  up  and  the  men  wore 
their  shirts  outside  of  their  pantaloons  ;"  but  that  argument  seemed  to  have 

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little  weight  with  most  of  the  men  ;  they  seemed  to  look  on  it  as  a  necessary 
evil,  and  to  put  up  with  the  evil  all  right.  (Laughter.)  To  speak  seriously 
of  the  birth  and  development  of  a  new  nation,  possibly  under  American  rule, 
possibly  a  protectorate,  possibly  under  their  own  rules  if  found  suitable — this 
was  a  question  on  which  the  authorities  would  probably  not  wish  much  dis- 
cussion at  the  present  juncture,  especially  from  the  officers  who  might  have  a 
good  deal  to  do  with  carrying  out  the  scheme.  Others  higher  in  authority 
might  elucidate  the  question,  which  would  require  a  great  deal  of  statesman- 
ship and  legal  lore,  as  well  as  perhaps  military  knowledge  and  naval  ability. 
Owing  to  the  lateness  of  the  hour,  he  begged  the  Toastmaster  to  excuse  the 
rest  of  his  speech,  and  to  have  the  remaining  744  pages  printed  for  private 
circulation.  (Laughter  and  applause.) 

The  toast,  "  Our  Volunteers,"  was  to  have  been  responded  to  by 
Colonel  A.  L  Hawkins,  of  the  Pennsylvania  Commandery,  but  as 
he  was  not  present  it  was  omitted,  as  was  also  the  toast  "  Navy,"  on 
account  of  the  absence  of  Captain  J.  B.  Coghlan  of  the  California 
Commandery. 

Brigadier-General  Charles  King,  who  was  to  have  responded  to 
"  The  Army,"  was  absent  on  account  of  illness.  But  General 
Anderson  announced  the  toast : 

"THE  ARMY." 

It  is  Britain's  boast  that  there  is  no  land  whicli  has  not  been  pressed  by 
the  feet  of  her  soldiers  or  seas  that  have  not  been  plowed  by  the  keels  of  her 
ships.  We  do  not  care  to  make  this  boast,  yet  our  armies  have  of  late  come 
far  afield  and  far  afloat.  But  it  follows  the  same  banner  of  beauty  and  glory 
and  is  animated  by  the  same  sense  of  patriotism  and  duty  as  the  Men  of  '76 
and  the  Boys  of  '61. 

He  then  said  : 

The  companions  seem  in  regard  to  speaking,  to  be  in  the  same  boat  with 
the  Irish  gentleman  who  said  he  could  sing  at  sight,  but  not  at  first  sight. 
As  I  can  get  no  one  else  to  respond,  I  will  say  this  much  myself :  That  we  of 
the  army  are  most  happy  to  meet  our  compatriots  of  the  navy  in  this  celebra- 
tion. The  naval  and  land  forces  fought  together  at  Henry  and  Donelson, 
Shiloh  and  Vicksburg,  New  Orleans,  Charleston  and  Fort  Fisher.  They 
fought  in  co-operation  in  McDonough's  glorious  victory  on  Lake  Champlain, 
and  there  were  many  volunteers  from  Harrison's  army  on  Perry's  flest  at  Put 
in-Bay  ;  and  last  and  most  gratifying  to  us  it  is  to  have  shared  with  you  the 
victory  of  the  13th  of  August,  1898.  Then,  in  the  words  of  Mr.  Richard 
Swiveler,  Perpetual  Grand  of  the  Glorious  Apollos,  "  let  us  pass  around  the 
rosy  and  drink  to  good-fellowship  and  perpetual  amity."  (Drank  with  great 
enthusiasm.) 

Then  Admiral  Dewey  pledged  the  army,  and  was  greeted  with 
three  times  three. 

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The  last  regular  toast  was 

"THE  LOYAL  LEGION." 
The  chairman,  in  proposing  it,  said  : 

Caesar  had  his  Tenth  Legion ;  Thebes  its  Sacred  Band ;  Macedon  its 
Phalanx  ;  Cromwell  his  Iron  Sides  ;  Napoleon  his  Old  Guard  ;  but  all  these 
will  be  forgotten  before  our  Loyal  Legion  will  be,  which  fought  for  the  Union, 
the  Constitution  and  the  Supremacy  of  the  Laws.  There  is  no  Masonic  tie  so 
strong  as  that  which  binds  brave  men  together,  who  have  faced  the  same 
dangers  and  endured  suffering  and  privations  in  a  righteous  cause.  Long  live 
the  Legion,  loyal  to  our  country  and  loyal  to  each  other. 

Major  General  Arthur  MacArthur,  of  the  Wisconsin  Command- 
ery,  in  responding, 

Spoke  in  approval  of  the  various  celebrations  and  reunions  designed 
to  commemorate  historic  events  by  which  the  continent  of  America  had 
been  reclaimed,  populated  and  civilized.  Among  the  many  institutions  of 
this  kind  the  Loyal  Legion  stood  pre-eminent.  Its  mission  was  to  instruct 
the  nation  in  the  national  history,  to  foster  its  patriotic  pride,  to  stimulate  its 
resolution  on  behalf  of  American  principles,  and  to  champion  liberty  through- 
out the  world.  [Loud  applause].  The  planting  of  the  power  of  the  United 
States  in  these  distant  islands  was  regarded  throughout  the  world  with  vary- 
ing degrees  of  agitation,  according  to  the  point  of  view  of  various  nations. 
Even  among  Americans  there  were  many  who  looked  forward  to  the  remote 
consequences  with  misgivings.  In  this  connection,  it  should  be  remembered 
that  nations  were  like  individuals — they  could  not  escape  from  the  pressure  of 
surrounding  circumstances.  The  American  nation  had  a  destiny  arising  from 
the  nature  of  events  through  which  it  had  to  pass.  Sooner  or  later  the  idea 
of  expansion  must  seize  all  nations,  generally  producing  in  excess  of  their  own 
consumption.  This  amounted  to  the  same  as  saying  that  the  natural  tendency 
of  every  progressive  race  must  always  outrun  the  timidity  of  its  schoolmen. 
In  the  light  of  these  brief  premises  the  broad  general  proposition  arose  that 
the  permanent  occupation  of  these  islands  by  the  United  States  must  be  re- 
garded as  simply  one  of  the  consequences,  in  logical  sequence,  of  the  great 
prosperity  of  the  United  States.  The  country  was  engaged  in  a  great  tran- 
saction, an  event  not  only  grand  and  heroic  in  its  broad  outlines,  but  pictures- 
que and  attractive  in  all  its  details,  an  event  which  would  add  strength  and 
grandeur  to  the  Great  Republic,  and  bring  peace,  happiness  and  prosperity  to 
the  teeming  millions  of  these  islands.  [Applause],  In  these  circumstances, 
naval  or  military  service  on  this  station  must  be  regarded  as  a  great  privilege, 
for  which  adequate  thanks,  could  never  be  rendered  to  the  great  Admiral,  his 
peerless  seamen,  both  officers  and  men,  and  their  splendid  ships— the  ships 
must  also  be  remembered  [applause]— through  whose  instrumentality  this 
splendid  reformation  was  made  possible.  In  a  great  commercial  community 
like  the  United  States,  where  the  demands  of  public  and  business  life  were  so 
exacting,  it  was  fortunate  that  the  Loyal  Legion  and  kindred  societies  existed, 
to  keep  alive  and  transmit  to  generation  after  generation  the  chaste  sentiments, 
dear  traditions  and  sacred  memories  of  American  sailors  and  soldiers.  [Ap- 

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planso],  A  warlike  spirit,  which  alone  could  create,  civilize  and  defend  a 
State,  could  only  be  kept  alive  throughout  a  nation  by  a  general  and  intelli- 
gent interest  in  its  military  institutions.  [Applause.] 

After  the  singing  of  "  Marching  Through  Georgia  "  by  the  com- 
pany, General  Anderson  said  that  : 

While  the  army  and  navy  were  usually  regarded  as  the  pioneers  of  pro- 
gress and  the  first  to  open  up  new  fields,  there  was  in  truth  another  pioneer 
service  before  them,  namely,  the  consular  service,  the  avant  couriers  of  civil- 
ization. He  proposed  the  health  of  the  consular  service,  coupling  the  toast 
with  the  name  of  Mr.  Williams,  who  took  a  distinguished  part  in  the  pre- 
liminaries of  the  Philippine  campaign. 

Mr.  O.  R  Williams 

In  acknowledging  the  compliment,  said  he  would  not  discuss  current 
questions  of  diplomacy  now,  because  they  were  far  more  than  could  be 
brought  within  the  range  of  an  after  dinner  speech.  At  this  juncture  he 
would  say  to  the  army  and  navy,  "  an  ounce  of  diplomacy  is  worth  a  ton  of 
gunpowder."  It  had  been  his  privilege  to  be  in  Manila  before  the  war  and  to 
help  the  grand  man  who  had  been  already  toasted  so  warmly,  Admiral  Dewey. 
The  judgment  of  the  world,  which  placed  Nelson,  St.  Vincent,  Bruix  and 
Farragut  in  the  topmost  niches  of  fame,  must  now  move  them  aside  to  make 
room  for  another,  and  engrave  in  characters  of  golden  light  the  name  of 
George  Dewey.  (Loud  applause  and  calls  for  ' 'Admiral's  Speech.") 

Admiral  Dewey 

Rose  amid  roars  of  applause,  and  said  :  "Mr.  Williams  and  gentlemen,  I 
thank  you.  My  friend,  Mr.  Williams,  stood  beside  me  on  the  bridge  of  the 
'  Olyinpia '  on  the  day  when  we  came  in  and  fought ;  he  was  in  just  as  much 
danger  as  I,  but  he  has  the  advantage  of  me— he  can  talk  and  I  can't."  (Loud 
laughter  and  applause,  and  three  cheers  and  a  li  tiger  "  for  the  Admiral.) 

General  Anderson  then  said  : 

We  must  not  forget  that  this,  the  first  meeting  of  the  Loyal  Legion  in  a 
foreign  country,  has  been  called  by  my  old  friend  and  comrade  in  arms,  Col. 
W.  R.  Smedberg,  the  Recorder  for  nearly  thirty  years  of  the  California  Com- 
mandery,  to  which  the  majority  of  the  companions  present  belong.  I  propose 
the  prosperity  of  the  California  Commandery,  and  health  and  long  life  to  its 
Recorder,  my  old  friend  Smedberg. 

Toast  was  enthusiastically  received,  and  followed  by  song  from 
Capt.  Hooper  and  the  singers,   "  For  He's  a  Jolly  Good  Fellow." 

Some  file  firing  followed.     The  speeches  were  interspersed  with 
the  Loyal  Legion  songs  set  down  in  the  programme. 

In  the  whole  progress  of  the  meeting  no  unkind  words  were  said 

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against  Spain  or  the  Filipinos.  Every  speech  was  kind  and  tem- 
perate in  tone.  The  Reunion  was  altogether  one  of  patriotism  and 
good-fellowship.  After  singing  "Auld  Lang  Syne"  the  meeting 
adjourned.  And  so  ended  the  first  meeting  of  Companions  of  the 
Loyal  Legion  ever  called  in  "  foreign  lands." 

By  order  of  Capt.  JNO.  C.  CURRIER,  U.  S.  Vols., 

Commander. 
VV.  R.  SMEDBERG. 

Bvt.  Fieut.  Col.  U.  S.  Army, 

Recorder. 


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